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GEORGE L. TYLER, on TROY, NEW YORK. I

' CURTAIN-ROLLER, SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATlQN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 381,041, dated April 10, T888. V

Application filed Muyl), 1887. Serial no. 237,5 1. (No modal .TOVaZZ whom it may concern.-

, Be it known that I, GEoRGE'L. TYLER, a resident of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain: new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Roller Supports; and I do herebycurtain-roller supports.

The objects of the invention are set forth in' the following description.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front elevation of a portion of a narrow curtain provided with my improved supports. Fig. 2is asimilar view showing the supports adjusted in a position different from thatshownjn Fig. 1. Fig. 3 s a similar view showing the supports adjusted in still another position. Fig. 4 is an 1 end elevation of my improved supports in the position shown in the preceding figures,with the curtain and roller removed. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the guide-plate. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 7 is the end elevation of same.

The roller B supports the curtain A, and is provided with end pivots, F, which find their supportlng-bearings in the projections e from the slide-plates D. The slide-plates are providedwith the longitudinal slots b,adaptedto 7 are secured to the wall or window-casing. The

two plates are secured'together by means of the screw S, passing through the plate-slots and the nut E, in the position shown in Fig. 4.

The wall-plate of each couple is thus secured in a convenient location on the wall or window-casing by means of screws or nails or in any well-known method. The pivots of the bearings in-the slide-platesandthe latterslid to'or from each other, as maybe required to accommodate the position of the pivot-bearings to the length of the roller andthe desired position of the curtain, after which the slides are bound firmly together by means ofthe screw and nuts,which prevent the slide-plate from sliding farther in either direction and cause the. curtain-and roller tobe supported in the desired position.

' Should it happenthat the roller doesflnot hang horizontal, the lower end. can be easily raised by looseningthescrew and slidingit upward in the slot in the wall-plate until; the rollerv is'hori'zontal, whereupon the; screw is tightened gaim'which secures thepartsin-the desired position. I

The vertical adj ustment of either end of the. roller is limited only by the length of the slot in,

' the wall-plate. The horizontal or lateral adj ust= ment of the curtain-roller is limited only by the length of the slots in the slide-plates; butjthe horizontal adjustment of o the slide-plates;has otheruses. Itaflords meansforsupportingTrolb ers of different lengths by the same wall-plates without disturbing their position and forth'e selection ofsuitable places for attachingthe wallplates without damage to moldings, as the'position of the curtain and roller can be adjusted in dependently of the position of the. wall-plates,

limited only by the lengthof the-slots in the slide-plates. For example, the wall-plates can be located close to theends of. the roller, as shown in Fig.1, or at a considerable distance 3., It is evident, also, that by adjusting the rollers of varying lengths withoutchanging the position of the wall-plates.

5 therefrom, as shown in Fig. 2, or at a point 4 1 between these two extremes, as shown in Fig. 1

- By turning the slide-plates, one or around, as shown at the right-hand end'of the f roller in Fig. 3, a still greater variation in length of roller can be accommodatedwi-thout disturbing the wall-plates. I

When desired, athinplate,G,provid'ed-with side flanges, 'g, projecting right-angularly from one side or face, and similar en'dfianges,1y,

moi projecting from the opposite side or-back, may be interposed between the wallfan d' slide plates, as shown in Fig. 4, the plate being provided with a central perforation, g,adapted to receive the screw S.

The size of the plate and arrangement of the 5 flanges is such that the wall-plate is contained between the flanges projecting from the back and the slide-plate between the flanges projecting from the face of the interposed plate. The slide-plate is thereby prevented from re [0 volving upon the binding-screw when the latter is loosened, and renders it impossible for the relative angular positions of the wall and slide plates to be changed while in use.

The pivot-aperture e in the slide-plate may i [5 be round, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, or rectangular, as shown by the solid lines, to lock the spring of a spring-roller.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Gurtain-roller bearings formed of longi- 2o tudinally-slotted and crossing plates adjustable horizontally and Vertically by screws and nuts, as shown and described.

2. The combination,with a. slide-plate provided with screw-slot b and pivot-aperture e, 25 of a wall-plate provided with a slot, at, and screw-holes d, and a binding'screw, S, and nut E, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

- In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my 30 hand this 5th day of May, 1887.

GEORGE L. TYLER.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. MOSHER, W. H. HQLLISTER, Jr. 

